A couple rented out their Lower East Side apartment on Airbnb for the better part of July, and returned to find that more than $5,000 worth of their belongings had been lifted. Cops believe the Airbnb guest stole the goods, including a Louis Vuitton purse, an iPad, and a hair straightener…

A Lower East Side couple who rented out their apartment through Airbnb last month found the place ransacked when they got back home, police said. The couple rented out their third-floor Henry St. apartment near Montgomery St. on July 8, and when they came back on July 30, they found more than $5,000 worth of their […]

A California woman is left to deal with a massive cleanup at her home. She says a guest trashed it after renting it out on the popular home sharing website Airbnb. What’s even more shocking is that the she claims evidence suggests the guest who rented her home was a sex worker and was shooting porn…

When staying at a stranger’s private home rental on Airbnb, be on high alert when connecting your computer or smartphone to the home’s WiFi internet connection. It could be infected by a past guest…

Airbnb and other home-sharing startups may be eating the hotel industry from the inside out, but as the number of people staying in strangers’ houses rises, so too does the security threat the whole industry poses…

Residents of a Cabbagetown neighbourhood say they’re besieged by short-term rentals and are demanding the city take action…

A warning anyone for who’s ever advertised their home on the rental sharing website Airbnb. Police in Bellevue are now investigating a bizarre theft in which thieves cleaned out a house, stealing everything from jewelry to clothing and even cleaning supplies….

A WOMAN has described her horror after her apartment was turned into a makeshift brothel, littered with used condoms, dirty tissues and pregnancy tests, after she leased it out during her holiday abroad. Pernille Bang, 26, told Vice Denmark she put her Copenhagen apartment up for rent on a homesharing website similar to Airbnb for extra money during her holiday to Thailand. Little did she know woman who rented the apartment was a sex worker who used the apartment to service her clients — and, after Pernille discovered what was going on, refused to leave the premises without a refund….

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Lock boxes illegally scattered around Chelsea have residents worried for their own security at home, but what – and who – are they for? They’re meant to secure your keys, but when they’re dangling in the middle of Eighth Avenue, your keys might not be so secure. “I believe they’re for Airbnb,” Miguel Pabone said. Many residents worry that the thing that’s locking their buildings could be hanging on their sidewalk….

The house burned down. Yes, a former Airbnb customer service representative actually saw this happen: “I used to work Customer Service for Airbnb.